Sunday, September 10, 2017

to show your support for suicide prevention,

to remember a lost loved one,

and for the survivors of suicide.

This may be very sad to see, but I wanted to show you the tragedy of suicide. Suicide is not just a word. Suicide is real. Suicide is a precious life lost. Suicide is a death. Suicide is the loss of a loved one, a family member, a friend, a co-worker, a neighbor, a child, son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, cousin, grandmother, grandfather, a niece, a nephew and many more.

Here are some faces of beautiful people who lost their lives to suicide. Seeing actual faces, real people, pictures of people who lost their lives to suicide makes suicide more real. Suicide is not just a word. It is a life, a life that mattered and was loved and is forever missed.

Never forget them.Never forget their names.

Speak to survivors about their loved ones. Never forget them. They want to speak about them. Never forget their names. Talk to the survivors about their loved ones often, bring them back to life by the memories of the beautiful lives they lived and the beautiful people and blessings they were.

We will never forget you. We love you all always and forever. RIP

Please Light your candles…

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

I am a suicide attempt survivor, many times. Praise God, I am still alive today.

One very important way to prevent suicides is to greatly reduce, destroy, demolish, abolish and STOP mental illness stigma and the stigma associated with suicide.

Stigma is defined as a sign of disgrace, which sets a person apart from others. The stigma of mental illness remains a powerful negative attribute in all social relations. Too many people are still very uneducated, unwise and cruel about mental illness, people living with mental illness and people who attempt suicide and die by suicide.

Many people are afraid to talk about mental illness, because they do not know what to say or do to help others living with mental illness. Because they do not understand and know what to do, they do nothing which is very hurtful and causes mental illness to be a very lonely illness. Sometimes their silence, lack of compassion and care and attention is just as painful as the ignorant hurtful words heard and discriminatory behaviors and actions displayed by those uneducated and ignorant about mental illness.

The very uneducated and unwise think people with mental illness are peculiar and that our illness is a character flaw. They believe we are just weak and that if we just thought happy thoughts, our depression, for example, would just go away.

Mental illness is the only illness that we are blamed for having, like it is our fault. We are blamed for having an illness that destroys lives and sometimes ends lives by suicide.

We need to all increase awareness of mental illness, educate about mental illness, spread the word, start dialogues and have great conversations about mental illness as often as possible.

We must make our voices heard very loud and strong about mental illness, mental illness stigma and suicide prevention. It is critical. It is crucial. Each life is priceless. We must prevent suicides and save lives.

Please remember throughout the month of September to check out my blog every day for other important and inspiring information about suicide prevention.

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It is my passion in life to help others in as many ways as I can. I want to share my story to help others know they are not alone and to increase awareness and educate about bipolar disorder, PTSD and all mental illnesses. I also want to reduce the stigma of mental illness and the stigma associated with suicide and to prevent suicides and save lives.
I have given many presentations to share my story, inspire others, increase awareness, educate and reduce the stigma of mental illness and suicide. I have given presentations at a local University, spoken as a certified NAMI presenter and spoke to police officers and social workers for their Crisis Intervention Training. I have also been interviewed by our local newspaper and news station to share my story.
I want to be a voice for the many people that cannot speak up for themselves. I want to make my voice heard loud and strong for many to hear and learn from and prayerfully be inspired from.
I have written one book titled "My Bipolar Memoir of Poetry and Hope" which is a compilation of my many poems and prose to share my story and journey of living, surviving and thriving with bipolar disorder. My book is full of honesty, sorrows, loss, resiliency, perseverance, encouragement, love, faith and hope. You can buy my book online on at Lulu.com, Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I hope you like it.
My first book is like a prequel to my upcoming, real and entire memoir of my story and journey of my life living with mental illness. I am in the process of writing my new memoir. My story will have parts of my journal entries I have saved for over 25 years. It is difficult to remember exactly the way you were feeling during your darkest hours after your light is shining again. So, my journal entries will help convey my pain, sorrows and true feelings my bipolar 1 disorder and PTSD caused during my darkest hours. But, just like my blog, my memoir will also prayerfully encourage and inspire others to know that there is always hope for a brighter tomorrow, day, future and life.
God has saved my life numerous times and he continues to love me and save my life. He is always with me through all of my struggles, holding my hand and catching all my tears. There is always hope and recovery is possible. I am living proof of that. We must always have faith and hope...
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